Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders articles from June 2006

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders archives from June 2006

Supporting transition-age youth with and at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders at the secondary level: a need for further inquiry.(psychological research)
June 22, 2006... Although the task of intervening with transition-age youth with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) may be daunting, this area of inquiry is sorely needed. In this introductory article, the authors discuss the scarcity of available...

Idle hands: community employment experiences of formerly incarcerated youth.(psychological research)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2006... In this study, the authors examined the facility-to-community transition experiences--focusing specifically on employment--of 531 incarcerated youth following their release from Oregon's juvenile correctional system. They gathered data on the...

How are we preparing students with emotional disturbances for the transition to young adulthood? Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study--2.(psychological research)
June 22, 2006... The authors describe five principles they identified from the literature on exemplary practices to help students with emotional disturbances (ED) have positive secondary school experiences and successful trajectories into early adulthood. The...

Twenty-four months after high school: paths taken by youth diagnosed with severe emotional and behavioral disorders.(psychological research)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2006... The author located students with severe emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) who had been assigned to separate day schools with partial hospitalization treatment facilities because their public school programs did not sufficiently meet...

Academic, social, and behavioral characteristics of high school students with emotional disturbances or learning disabilities.(psychological research)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2006... In this article, we examine similarities and differences in the academic, social, and behavioral skills of high school students with emotional disturbances (ED) and learning disabilities (LD). Two groups of high school students with ED (n = 45)...

Oppositional defiant disorder rating scale: preliminary evidence of reliability and validity.(psychological research)(includes statistical tables)
June 22, 2006... In this article, the authors report the psychometric properties of a parent-completed rating scale based on the criteria for oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition-Text...

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 22, 2006... August 2006 * August 10-13, 2006. American Psychological Association, 114th Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. Contact: Convention Services, 202/336-6020; e-mail: convention@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org October 2006 *...